a duel was not that uncommon back then. i could say
that if chenny slapped al gore with a glove and they
squared off with pistols... wow. they did take things
seriouly back then.

   i must go back to just reading, my hands are
already sending me a signal to quit keyboarding. 

--- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I heard that one of the shot pellets had traveled to
> Whittington's
> heart, causing the heart attack.
> 
>
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/15/politics/15cheney.html?_r=1&oref=slogi
> n
> 
> If that's the case, and he dies, G-d forbid,
> ordinary citizens have been
> charged with negligent homicide for less.  I think
> one of the reasons
> that it's making news is that it's the first time a
> sitting vice
> president has shot someone since Aaron Burr, and
> Burr meant to shoot the
> guy he hit.  It was a duel.
> 
> And the press was sure "gung ho" about Bill Clinton,
> and the Lewinsky
> affair (pun intended), so I don't think it's the
> "liberal media," per
> se.
> 
> Kendall 
> 
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> redundant!)
> 
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> Therefore, all
> progress depends on the unreasonable man.
> 
> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ken barber [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 8:54 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: I Am Irritated and Stressed...
> 
> you know, i wish the press had been so gung ho about
> vince foster. 
> 
> no wonder some people are getting irratated, since
> the
> year 2000, everytime someone in washington dc passes
> gas, the press wants to know if they should resing
> from office. 
> 
>   why is this a story? it is a accident. we have
> accidents accross the country everyday without a
> press
> conference. ugh. such stupidity. 
> 
> --- Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> > I thought the whole reason hunter wore orange was
> to
> > keep from geeting shot. I saw no mention of his
> > hunting gear so perhaps he didn't have any on?
> Still
> > ......
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cerebral Palsy List
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf
> > Of Kathleen Salkin
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 8:06 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: I Am Irritated and Stressed...
> > 
> > 
> > I understand things have taken a turn for the
> worse
> > as Mr.  
> > Whittington has suffered a heart attack.
> > 
> > I myself know how to shoot (I took target-shooting
> > in college) but I  
> > have never hunted; however I know that safety is
> of
> > a primary concern  
> > in the field.  Granted, Mr. Cheney should have
> > looked hard before  
> > shooting and it's no joke, but Mr. Whittington
> > should have shouted  
> > out his location.  I just think the whole incident
> > was an unfortunate  
> > accident that can happen all too easily to anyone
> > who hunts.  Now,  
> > how the press office handled the story is all very
> > strange, but there  
> > again, it was left up to Mr. Whittington's family
> > and friends as to  
> > how they wanted to handle it, which to me, seems
> > fair.
> > 
> > Oh, and by the way, Happy Valentine's Day to all!
> > 
> > Kat
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 14 Feb 2006, at 19:55, Christine Ode wrote:
> > 
> > > It is true. I don't hunt but I shoot and in all
> > honestly that gage  
> > > shot at 30 yards would be pretty spread out and
> > far from deadly.
> > >
> > > Christine
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:	Cerebral Palsy List on behalf of ken
> barber
> > > Sent:	Tue 2/14/2006 5:18 PM
> > > To:	[log in to unmask]
> > > Cc:	
> > > Subject:	Re: I Am Irritated and Stressed...
> > > rightly said.
> > > i am not a hunter, but, a few guys have said
> that
> > if
> > > you've quail hunted for long, you have been
> > "sprayed."
> > > doesn't sound like anything i'd like to do.
> > >
> > > --- Deri James <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Tuesday 14 Feb 2006 18:32, ken barber wrote:
> > >>> it was a good shot, he bagged a quail and a
> > lawyer
> > >> in
> > >>> one shot  ;-{)}
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> Yeah, but the quail was a dreadful accident.
> :-)
> > >>
> > >> Cheers
> > >>
> > >> Deri
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
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